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CTV News
2 days ago
- Business
- CTV News
‘Sip like a world leader': G7-inspired cocktails offered at Kananaskis hotel
One of the hotels that hosted world leaders during the recent G7 Leaders Summit in Kananaskis is now offering cocktails inspired by the international event. The Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge says its G7 cocktail series will start on Canada Day with the sale of Cabane à Sucre – AKA 'The Carney' – at the hotel's Blacktail Bar. The drink is a maple-forward take on an old fashioned, finished with smoked ice and Canadian bitters. Cabane à Sucre – AKA 'The Carney' – at the hotel's Blacktail Bar. Cabane à Sucre – AKA 'The Carney.' (Supplied/Press and Post) The hotel will offer a different cocktail inspired by a G7 nation each month through February 2026. August will honour France with the sale of La Fille en Rose – a bright floral martini – followed by Germany's Berliner Sommer in September – a crisp beer cocktail with raspberry and dill. La Fille en Rose – a bright floral martini – and the Berliner Sommer – a crisp beer cocktail with raspberry and dill La Fille en Rose – a bright floral martini. (Supplied/Press and Post) 'Hosting the G7 Summit was a huge moment for our team, and we wanted to mark it with something meaningful — something that honours each G7 nation that visited us,' said general manager Liz Hovey-Smith in a news release. 'It was a true honour to share these cocktails with world leaders onsite. Now we're inviting everyone to stand in their footsteps, take in the mountain views and sip like a world leader.' The Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge says its G7 cocktail series will start on Canada Day The Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge's G7 cocktail series starts on Canada Day 2025. (Supplied/Press and Post) The 2025 G7 Leaders' Summit was held in Kananaskis from June 15 to 17.
National Post
5 days ago
- National Post
A bike ride by the G7 security cordon
KANANASKIS, Alta. — It's an odd thing to be asked your business in your own country, in your own province, in an area where you've spent plenty of time hiking and climbing and skiing. Article content A place where the whole purpose is to be free — or at least freer than in the city. Article content Article content You expect these questions going through customs or at checkpoints in less salubrious parts of the world. But not necessarily out on a gravel backroad in Kananaskis, Alta. Article content Of course, with the G7 in town starting Sunday and a massive security operation restricting access to huge swathes of the backcountry, it's a matter of routine. So, not unexpected, but still vaguely unsettling, to be stopped and warned by the RCMP where you're not allowed to go and asked what you're about. Article content Kananaskis Village is nestled on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, and the meeting of seven of the most powerful people in the world will occur at the Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain lodge. Motorcades will travel from the Calgary International Airport, along the Trans Canada Highway and down Highway 40, also known as the Kananaskis Trail, to get world leaders to the summit. Article content The location means that there is a massive security cordon set through the area backcountry. A stretch of Highway 40 is fully closed. And the security perimeter runs through miles of wild country, with many backcountry hikes shut down. Article content When I set out with my bike Saturday morning, that meant I had to traverse a gravel backroad to arrive at Highway 40, for just a 15 kilometre stretch from the intersection of Highway 742 and Highway 40 before I butted up against the checkpoint set for the G7. Article content Article content Coming in from Canmore, roughly an hour drive on the gravel Smith Dorrien Trail, there were a handful of security checkpoints en route. Mounties asked where I was going and what I had planned, reminding me that hikes along the eastern slopes of the mountains in the region were closed. They seemed vaguely unclear on what I would be allowed to do with my bike, though I'd previously checked with Alberta Parks, so I was fairly sure I had it right. Article content Article content As an aside, when I phoned Alberta Parks last week, the call began with a recorded message about cancelling reservations in K-Country, suggesting that a good number of tourists had trips planned and backed out when they discovered they wouldn't be able to do what they wanted. Article content At other points, police and conservation officers had electric bikes on standby, along with the odd ATV. Mostly, police were just lounging around, drinking coffee in camp chairs. Given that everyone's aware that there's limited access to the backcountry, it was a quiet drive. I saw only a handful of civilian vehicles on the drive out there. The parking lot of Chester Lake, a popular (and easy) hike trafficked by tourists, sat empty but for some security.
Globe and Mail
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Globe and Mail
What's in Kananaskis? Explore the outdoor escape where G7 leaders will gather
The G7 Leaders' Summit descends on Alberta's Kananaskis Country from June 15 to 17. Kananaskis – just an hour's drive from Calgary – isn't a national park. Rather, K-Country, as locals call it, is a 4,000-square-kilometre network of connected provincial parks, reserves and recreational zones encompassing mountains and foothills. Parts of it feel so isolated and eerily quiet they were able to serve as post-zombie apocalypse terrain in HBO's The Last of Us. Sounds like the perfect place for a series of ultra-secure meetings of the most powerful leaders in the world. Kananaskis is closer to Calgary than the substantially more tourist-heavy Banff, Alta., and it has a relative lack of commercial services surrounded by fortress-like mountains with placid lakes and streams. This region at the eastern foothills of the Rockies has long been a beloved escape for nature lovers. It's also the second time such a meeting has been held in Kananaskis: Former prime minister Jean Chrétien hosted the G8 Summit here in 2002. This year's G7 group of political and economic leaders will also descend on one of the few hotels located deep in Kananaskis – the Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge – to take advantage of both the luxury resort and its easily secured perimeter. If this place has the power to relax politicians as they make potentially world-altering decisions, just imagine what it can do for regular Canadians looking to clear their heads. 'Banff feels more curated, but in Kananaskis, we let the nature do the talking,' says Lodge general manager Elizabeth Tovey-Smith. The main draw of the area is the nature itself: hikers, sports fishermen, wintertime skiers (cross-country or downhill at the Nakiska ski hill), paddlers, cyclists and anyone just taking in the scenery. Kananaskis has campgrounds and glamping options, including Sundance by Basecamp, a hip hotel group known for its affordable and Instagram-worthy accommodations throughout the Rockies. There are also a couple of smaller-scale mountain lodges including the luxe Mount Engadine and the more rustic William Watson Lodge, the latter of which provides barrier-free accommodations for people living with disabilities and Alberta-based seniors. Opinion: A river cruise with our American frenemies – what could go wrong? I paddled a voyageur canoe to discover the beauty and resistance of Manitoulin Island To support the region, the Alberta government instituted a Kananaskis Conservation Pass in 2021, a mandatory user fee that helps fund wildlife conservation, public safety and recreational services. Paved, wheelchair accessible walkways and interpretive trails are scattered through some of the most popular areas. And travelling though scenic routes by car rather than by hiking boot has certain advantages: wildlife, including both black and grizzly bears that you wouldn't want to run into on the trails, are commonly spotted in K-Country. But it's not all bears and remote forest bathing – or at least doesn't have to be. Those who would rather nature gaze through the window of a stylish restaurant or who need to up their level of human interaction can head to Kananaskis Village, centred around the Lodge. Book a fine dining table at the Lodge's Cedar Room restaurant, helmed by Quebec-born executive chef Sébastien Roelly. With five eateries on site (as well as a restaurant exclusively for spa patrons), the Lodge is Kananaskis's main dining hub, though restaurants are also found at Mount Engadine lodge and Stoney Nakoda Resort and Casino just off the highway on the edge of K-Country. There's also a 36-hole golf course nearby (which, par for the course, occasionally posts bear warnings), but the region's crown jewel is the Kananaskis Nordic Spa. A classic hot-cold-rest-repeat-style spa, the ever-expanding facility deftly uses the mountains and forests as a therapeutic backdrop. According to Tovey-Smith, approximately 200 visitors a day flock to Kananaskis just for the spa, never mind all the hiking and other outdoor activities. 'It's absolutely a draw for a different kind of traveller than Kananaskis typically sees,' she says. While no one can confirm if Mark Carney has plans to treat Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelensky to some spa time, or to gather around the Lodge's outdoor fire pits for a round of s'mores, or if most meetings will be confined to boardroom tables, Kananaskis will undoubtedly provide world leaders with ample space for blue-sky thinking. Once the politicians and their entourages have left, K-Country goes back to the quieter business of providing a balm for the rest of us.
